lou salomon
the birdonist
so you don't have to look at the pest, jane, is it that? o
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Indeed it was Jane! Not a sniff of the Smig in a good few hours gulling but this was ample compensation.
Jane Turner
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so you don't have to look at the pest, jane, is it that? o
No.... There are currently (I'm guessing) 15 Casps waiting to be circulated round the county rarities committee. Pete is only allowed to see clear cut ones on this side of the river.
Jane Turner
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I spent over an hour staring at this beast - waiting for it to fly in to roost and sensible range... it was close to HE3 - a full 3km out I've since worked out on a nautical map! Of course eventually I had to go and empty my bladder, and while I could pick it up on every scan, when I nipped downstairs for 2 mins, I couldn't find it.
http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=2094648&postcount=1296
When you`ve got to go Jane, you`ve got to go! Don`t think there has been as much movement of Gulls from your area to Seaforth over this series of high tides as the last lot.We`ve got the usual build up of LBBs and did have a colour ringed Herring Gull that had been recently photo`d on Hilbre.
Don`t think I`ll be adding to that pile of Casp submissions for Cheshire now that the real Spring is here, they should keep you busy until next Winter anyway!
Don`t think I`ll be adding to that pile of Casp submissions for Cheshire now that the real Spring is here, they should keep you busy until next Winter anyway!
JANJ
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lou salomon
the birdonist
tittletattler
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good(?) excuse, jan.
http://gull-research.org/lbbg2cya/0r0.html
http://gull-research.org/lbbg2cya/1l4.html
http://gull-research.org/lbbg2cyb/mjgreen2cy3cy.html
http://gull-research.org/lbbg2cya/107kred.html
http://gull-research.org/lbbg2cya/dhyellow.html
Are all the wing coverts on the subject bird juvenile (1st gen)?
Cheers,
Andy.
lou salomon
the birdonist
Jane Turner
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Hi Jane, difficult to say for sure from these pics but the forewing of this bird certainly looks paler than the Smig at Seaforth, and the pale inner primary wedge isn`t as contrasting.Stiil quite a few Argies moving through at the moment including both very dark and very pale 2cys.
Although I couldn`t get a pic of the bird in flight, it had a very pale underwing, an obvious pale wedge formed by the inner primaries and a "Rough-leg type" tail pattern.
Jane Turner
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Kenny D - who saw both birds and the second one very well is certain the second bird was different - smaller and less dark!
Not that its possible to do anything with the photos
tittletattler
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Yes! I'll dig out some pics tonight.
JANJ
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Pete.
I´m not 100% sure about LBBG but with such a bill (if correctly shown in this pic), I don´t see a Caspian in any case. Some more pic would do the trick I guess.
JanJ
lou salomon
the birdonist
bill: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JXeDixaPw40/S3JS0a06yMI/AAAAAAAABUI/JQfCL8oyRQc/s1600/web829K2045.jpg #
long legs, scaps pattern, tertials with broadish white thumbnail not reaching up to GC..plain coverts, but i might be wrong.
lou salomon
the birdonist
this should clinch it together with what i mentioned about the bird on ground!
tittletattler
Well-known member
Perhaps, although Rough-leg like pattern would better fit a Lesser Black-backed gull?
But the legs are quite long on the subject bird. But it doesn't really have a Caspian feel to it.
Cheers,
Andy.
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